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Read thisbookcarefuUy.
It is designed to helpyou operate
and maintain your new refrigerator
properly.
Keep it handyforanswersto your
questions.
ifyoudon’t understandsomething
or need rnoreheip...
Caii, toii-free:
The GE Answ@rC@nterTM
800.626.2000
consumer information service
orwrite (inciudeyourphone
number)
ConsumerAffairs
Hotpoint
Appliance Park
i_ouisviiie, KY40225
Seridnuinbw’s.
You’iifind them on a iabeiat the
bottom, just inside the fresh food
compartment door,
These numbws are aisoon the
ConsumerProduct Ownership
Registration card that came with
your refrigerator. Before sending
in this card, pleasewrite these
numbershere:
———
Model Number
——
Serial Number
Usethese numbers in any
correspondence or service calis
concerning your refrigerator.
if you received a chmged
refrigerator, immediately contact
the deaier (or buiider) that soid YOII
the refriueratorl
Savetime andmoney.
Before you CM for service, check
the i%biem Solver on pages 10
through 12. it iists minor causesof
operating problems that you cam –
correct yourseif. it couid save
you an unnecessaryservice cali.
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~ Location of your refrigerator is
important. Avoid iocatifig it next to
your range, a heating vent or where
sun wiii shine directiy cmit.
~ Don’t open doors more often
than necessary.
~ Close the doors as soon as
possibie, particularly in hot, humid
w~~~hfjr.
~ Be sure the doors are cicxwd
tightiy. Before ieaving the house or
retiring for the night, check to be
sure doors haven’t been ieft ajar
inadvwtentiy.
@Store oniy those foods requiring
refrigeration in your refrigerator.
@Wipe aii moisture from bottles
and cartons before putting tl<x377in
ti?e refrigerator.
~ Keep difoods covered to
reduce moisture buiid-up inside
the refrigerator.
Ifyou turn controls to coldest
@
position for quick chi!iing or +hxx33ing, be sure to turn ttx?m back to
regular settings.
PREFERRED
METHOD
Where a standard two-prong wail
receptacle isencountered, it isthe
personal responsibility and obli-
gation of the customer to have it
replaced with a properly grounded
three-prong wall receptacle.
The power cord of this appliance
is equipped with a three-prong
(grounding) plug which mates with
. standard three-prong (grounding
4
%3E+JIreceptacle (Fig. 1)to minimize
&..*~@
~~!j%?tpcxssibility of electric shock
@“!azard ‘rem ‘his app~iance”
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liiSIMEPROPER
GROUNDEXIS7”S
Fig.
BEFOREUSE
Have the wall receptacle and
circuit checked by a qualified
electricianto makesure the
receptacle is properly gt-ounded.
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Part No. 467722P07
FREEZER
I
C INITIAL SETTING
E COLDEST
TEMPERATURECONTROLS
Your refrigerator hastwo controls
that let you regulate the temperature in the fresh food and freezer
compadments.
set the FRESH FOOD
control at 5 and the FREEZER
control at c.
or colder or warmer temperatures,
adjustthe desired compartment contr6i one letter or number at atime.
initially setting Or
V%’hen them, afk?w24 hours
for the to or
@ve’ncwt.
Note: Turningthefreshfood
to“(x+” Mm+ off BOTH Comparb
!mmts—fmsllfoodAND freezer.
‘N’T’ALSETT’NG 5
COLDEST 9
ycmlh.wn yol..w
H
FR~WlF0013
643+.atnight
...you maywant to turn the lettered
control one stepcolder, as from “C”
to “D” Cooler temperatures in the
house maycausethe freezer controls to operate lessfrequently,
thus allowing the freezer compartment to warmsomewhat.Toprotect
your frozen food supply, leave your
Letteredsetting atthis co!dersetting
for the entire winter orfor whatever
period of time you are turning down
your thermostat. This is especially
important when the thermostat is
turned down for anextended period.
This change should haveno
effect on your fresh food section.
However, if freezing occurs, turn
the numbered control one step
warmer, asfrom “5” to “4.”
When you stop turning the thermostatdown, turn temperature controls
backto their regular settings.
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Youwon’t find an “energy saver”
switch on this refrigerator.
Warmliquid from the refrigerator’s
condenserisautomatically circulated
aroundthe front edge ofthe freezer
compartment to help keepmoisture
from forming cmthe outside of the
refrigerator during humid weather,
Many refrigerators use special
electric heaters.This refrigeratc}r
needs none.That’swhy there is no
“energy saver” switch...there’s no
need for it.
His not necessaryto defrost the
freezer orfresh food compartments.
Yourrefrigerator is designed and
equipped to defrost itself
automatically.
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Part No. 467722 P()’7